HANSIB PUBLICATIONS Celebrating 40 years in publishing, 1970-2010 Hansib Publications – Celebrating 40 years in publishing, 1970 - 2010 ansib Publications marks the 40th anniversary of its Since the beginning of the 1980s, Hansib has published more publishing activities in 2010. The company was founded in than two hundred books and specialist titles. With forty years’ H1970 by Guyana-born Arif Ali following the sale of his north experience in multicultural publishing, Hansib Publications is widely London-based West Indian food business. The following year the acknowledged as having established visible minority publishing in company launched its first title (the monthly magazine West Indian the United Kingdom. Digest) and since then has published magazines, newspapers and Since its establishment in 1970, Hansib Publications has proudly books for Britain’s ‘visible’ minority communities. represented Britain’s visible minority communities. As the former Hansib Publications continued to expand its multicultural British Cabinet Minister, Paul Boateng said, “Hansib is not only a publishing activities and, from the beginning of the 1970s, produced publishing house, it is a movement.” newspapers, magazines and periodicals for Britain’s Caribbean, Hansib books are now available throughout Britain in bookshops, Asian and African communities. These titles included Caribbean libraries, schools, colleges, universities and specialist outlets. A Times, Asian Times, African Times, Asian Digest, Root Magazine and growing network of distributors in the Caribbean and North America West Indian World. has ensured that Hansib books are available in many countries, In 1997, after twenty-four years of publishing newspapers for including Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Canada, Britain’s Caribbean, Asian and African communities, Hansib Dominica, Guyana, Jamaica, St Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago and the Publications sold its three weekly titles and thereby concluded its United States. interest in newspaper publishing. The European Union declared 1997 as the ‘European Year Against Racism’ and Arif Ali was awarded the ‘European Year Against Racism HANSIB PUBLICATIONS LIMITED Champion (Individual) Gold Standard Award’. P.O. Box 226, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG14 3WY, UK In 1997, when Tony Blair came to power, he set up the Caribbean Advisory Group under the chairship of Baroness Patricia Scotland. Tel: +44 (0)208 523 0888. Fax: +44 (0)208 523 1155 Arif Ali was appointed to sit on that group to advise Her Majesty’s Email: [email protected] government on matters pertaining to Britain’s Caribbean communities Web: www.hansib-books.com and to address issues relating to Caribbean nations as a whole. Distributors, Agents & Stockists UNITED KINGDOM & EUROPE GUYANA Sunshine Bookshop BOX GM 565, Gablewoods Mall, Castries Turnaround Publisher Services Ltd Austin’s Book Services Tel: 758 452 3222. Fax: 758 453 1879 Unit 3, Olympia Trading Estate 190 Church Street Email: [email protected] Coburg Road, London N22 6TZ North Cummingsburg, Georgetown Tel: 0208 829 3000. Fax: 0208 881 5088 Tel: 592 226 7350. 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Whether it’s the pulsating rhythms of Bob Marley’s reggae music, dancehall patois or the pounding footsteps of Usain Bolt, the sounds of Jamaica reverberate throughout the world. Long described as a microcosm of Planet Earth, Jamaica has been influenced by many cultures and traditions. It is a country with a rich history – admittedly of severance and suffering – but, above all, with a will and capacity for survival and achievement. Jamaica is a rich diversity of cultures and traditions. It is rich in sounds and flavours. It is a feast for the senses. Jamaica is Rasta and reggae; rum and rhythm; jerk and jazz; coffee and calypso. With more than 200 photographic images, this book looks beyond the beach and gives an insight into the cultural, historical and social aspects of Jamaica. • Hardback, 240 pages, 286 x 220 mm • £25.00 / US $50.00 • ISBN 978-1-906190-31-6 • Paperback, 240 pages, 286 x 220 mm • £ 18.00 / US $36.00 • ISBN: 978-1-906190-32-3 DOMINICA GUYANA 2ND EDITION Nature Island of the Arif Ali (Ed.) Known as the land of many waters (a name given Caribbean 2ND EDITION by the country’s first Amerindian inhabitants), Arif Ali (Ed.) Guyana is located on the north-eastern shoulder Dominica is a virtually unspoilt island whose of South America and is the continent’s only volcanic peaks rise imposingly from the sea to English-speaking nation. Formerly British create a magnificent landscape of forested Guiana, the country had been a colonial outpost mountains and river valleys. It is the most of both the Dutch and the British but is culturally mountainous of the Lesser Antilles and has the more Caribbean than Latin American. With a distinction of being home to the tallest peak in the Eastern Caribbean. majority population of both African and Indian heritage, Guyanese society Dominica’s reputation as the Nature Island of the Caribbean is well earned has been influenced by many other cultural traditions and customs and because of its unspoilt landscape, natural beauty and abundance of wild is, today, the quintessential Caribbean nation. Guyana has a range of flora and fauna. The country is also known for its many rivers – “one for ecosystems and landscapes that include vast areas of tropical rainforest, every day of the year” – and is renowned for its spectacular waterfalls. thousands of miles of rivers, more than one hundred waterfalls, eighteen Consistently rated as a leading dive destination, Dominica’s marine life is lakes, four mountain ranges and sprawling savannahs. It is home to more considered to be among the best in the world. It is also the foremost whale- than 800 species of bird, over 200 varieties of mammal and more than 200 watching destination in the Caribbean. Illustrated with more than two species of reptile and amphibian. Geographically, Guyana is part of the hundred photographic images, Dominica: Nature Island of the Caribbean Guiana Shield which, together with the adjacent Amazon Basin, forms the is an insight into one of the Caribbean’s best-kept secrets. largest equatorial forest in the world. This lavishly illustrated book provides a spectacular and unrivalled insight into a unique Caribbean nation. • Hardback, 240 pages, 286 x 220 mm • £25.00 / US $50.00 • ISBN: 978-1-906190-25-5 • Hardback, 248 pages, 286 x 220 mm • £25.00 / US $50.00 • ISBN: 978-1-906190-10-1 Fishermen in Dominica ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA A Little Bit of Paradise 6TH ED. Arif Ali (Ed.) Reflecting everything from the hustle and bustle of the capital to the peace and tranquillity of the white-sand beaches of Barbuda, Antigua and Barbuda: A Little Bit of Paradise is a pictorial insight into the everyday life of a vibrant Caribbean nation. From the most secluded palm- fringed coves and popular beaches of Antigua, to the miles of deserted, crystal-clear surf of Barbuda, it is everything a tropical island paradise should be. And with “a beach for every day of the year”, it is no surprise that it is one of the world’s leading tourism destinations.